The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-08-27
ARTIoIKs or INCORPORATION
ZOE THE
LIKE rKARLEs COLLEGE

nm tyvBrpsrayEp. Harrison C. 1Brow Cyrus u
ssatl6ld Seaman a. KNAPP Ernest 81 Powell
&. i. Cars. William A. hasen, In M, u. AlEsii.s
! Alaxander nh6mH0a and Elisha D, 4alea under
H1itAgtity Of the laws of t4Ie Stated Louisiana ~
gRcl case naaile and prpvidod do hereby f1rm
themselves into o Corporation.
ART1CLE T.
The object OF said corporation is 20 erect
raairtair aIEl conduct 4 C6llege 1I the Christian
eauoation OF youth, including MI customary de-
nartments as well as the boarding and lodging OF
pupils ard the 7c0nterTlilg Of al iiteflify hoA0lt
and degrees known and usually granted by any
ARTICLE N.
sF3,enarae style and title Of tine same shall lie
IEk5JE GHARLIss CuEIRGE.
ARTICLE III.
The place chosen .for it's ilnmiGilo which shall
never BE- changed, is Lake Charles Caleasien
Parrish l5ouisianl
&RTIGIF ~.
The Trustees of said Lake, CHARLES College who
shall be lis managers shall be &Eaest A. Powell
William A. Mason ants ": larI vino shall serve
son C. Drew, Alexander ThomsOIl and Rev, Elisha
r. Fa3as g7EvHo shell serve such for f1nr vears
from the date hereof and Ira ii, EvaDs, seaman
"A. Knapp and Cyrus ]. Sooeld who shnil serve
as such for six years from tho date hereof When
any vacancy in said BoaIIiOf Trustees shall occur
whether by death resignation. legal inoapactty,
OF by the expiration of the term Tor which any
trustee may have been named herein, chosen ~
hereafter provided 1t shall be the duty Of the
remaining or surviving. trustees, at the next
ensuing annual meeting, TO I'LL such vacancy by
election by ballot provided that any absent
Trustee may vote ii slch election ny sending q
sealed ballot to the secretary hereinafter Bamed
or by sending the same TO any HFenlbeT OF said
BoaIIl provided further that this privilege of 80
voting may be exercised by any absent trustee IN
any vote which may be taken by said Board prp.
Yided further THAT the number stituting SAIL
BoaT of Trustees NAV be increased by the election
IN the manner herenbefGre provided for the filling
of vacancies. 10 any number NOT e1eeeding fifteen
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case be chosen for longer Pefied than six years.
Provided further that the President Of said Col
lege and the Secretary thereof shall be sex4ofiic0
members Of said Boar1. The zesieeFs of said
Board of Trustees shall be President who must
be member thereof, not ex-Oiiieio who shall hold
Office during his term as trustee and Secretary
and Treasurer, who may Or may not be members
Of said Board All Of said officers shall be elected
by said Board aDd said Secretary and Treasurer
shall hold Office respectively for the term OF one
year.
The Secretary Of said BOarl OF Trustees is the
officer upon whom citations may be served.
.ARTIOAE VI
The length of time dnrinC which said COFp0ra-
ten shall exist and continue shall be perpetual
In witness whereof we have hereto Get 0HT sig
natures this Iwenty-see0nd day a0f June "a, ID.
1887.
.(Signed,l rCYRUsL sGOFIEID,
HARRISON g. DREW,
ALENANDER THOMSON,
SEAMAN "A. KNAPP,
=. II. POWELL
IRA II EVANS,
fE d. IEAIiIsS
s. 4. GARY
WILLIAM a MASON.
] have examined the foregoing Charter OF the
Lake Charles College, aud am Of opinion that the
purposes and objects Of the corporation spesi-
aed in said act are legal and that none of the
provisions therein COntaiReil are contrary to law.
Lake Charles, La, Ang. lG, 1887,
tSignGd) j. C. GIBBS.
Disbaiet Ats, l4tll Judicial Dist. L..
STATE OF LOUISIANA, D
PARISH OF. GABCAsIEU, >
OihCo Clerk Of CoHrt, I4th Judicial Distinctly
i herehy certify, That the within and foregoing
is aUue and correct COPY Of the original Articles
OF Incorporation OF Lake Charles College filed for
Eeeord IN my office On the Seventeenth dag of
August A d. 1887.
{ c~1-N) Witness my official signature and seal
( i. s. 2atI.alle Charles, La, on this Twenty
~ sixth day Of August A. d. 1881.
tSigned,} A. n MAYO,
Deputy CLERK OF said Court, aud tx QfiCiO Deputy
Recorder.